60 per cent of total foreign tourists visit Nepal’s national parks, conservation, and reserve areas

Kathmandu, June 24

Around 60 per cent of the total foreign tourists used to visit Nepal’s conservation and reserve areas, according to government statistics. National parks and conservation areas have become major tourist destinations in Nepal. According to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, a total of 1.097 million domestic and foreign tourists visited conservation areas in fiscal year 2081/82. Director General of the Department, Dr Buddhi Sagar Poudel, shared that out of 1.097 million tourists, 511,762 tourists were from SAARC countries and abroad, while 586,074 were domestic tourists. The country had collected Rs 1 billion and 5.2 million in revenue as entry fees from the tourists.